Fremantle Electorate Demographics (WA)

In the 2011 census the population of Fremantle was 144,411 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Fremantle is 37 years of age.

63.8% of people living in the electorate of Fremantle were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.7% England, 2.8% New Zealand, 2.1% Italy, 1.5% South Africa, 1.3% Scotland, 1.1% Philippines, 1.1% Croatia, 0.9% Portugal, 0.9% India, 0.8% Malaysia, 0.7% China , 0.7% Singapore, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Germany.

78.6% of people living in Fremantle speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.4% Italian, 2.0% Other, 1.4% Croatian, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.2% Mandarin, 0.8% Spanish, 0.6% Serbian, 0.6% Tagalog.

47.3% of people are married, 35.4% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 5806 widowed people living in Fremantle.

60.2% of the people living in Fremantle over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.0% are working on a part time basis. Fremantle has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.